57440 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.garda.com/crisis24/news-alerts/508526/chile-magnitude-51-offshore-earthquake-near-valparaiso-july-31Event. A magnitude-5.1 earthquake occurred near Valparaiso, Chile, at 08:14 July 31. The epicenter was about 135 km (84 miles) west-northwest of Santiago. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 26 km (16 miles), and light shaking was probably felt throughout central Chile.2021-07-31T14:55+0200garda-com-03b9d7d65405663478b2ad710f8b623b20210731145500https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58038026Winning an Olympic medal is a huge moment for any athlete, but there is special significance to the bouquet of flowers they are being handed at Tokyo 2020. The ceremonial blooms were mainly grown in three districts of north-east Japan that were devastated by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the at the Fukushima nuclear plant.2021-07-31T12:49+0200bbc-ff43f54b6c5844a4f7e2189009849a0320210731124900https://wacotrib.com/news/national/alaska-quake-is-strongest-in-us-in-half-a-century/article_ece155d1-2efc-5bcd-bbde-c647a5b28180.htmlANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m.2021-07-31T12:16+0200wacotrib-f1278519b558c07acc42cdcc2fef7f9c20210731121600https://www.theepochtimes.com/largest-us-quake-in-half-century-causes-alaska-little-damage_3926250.htmlANCHORAGE, —The largest earthquake in the United States in the last half century produced a lot of shaking but spared Alaska any major damage in a sparsely populated region, officials said Thursday. The magnitude 8.2 earthquake was reported about 10:15 p.m.2021-07-31T11:40+0200theepochtimes-cf6dc6920aa9521fbf92588310446a4e20210731114000